The Faces of Bayon | Angkor Wat, Cambodia

The Faces of BayonFaces at Bayon

The numerous towers of Bayon temple have “faces”; Faces that have a subtle smile are strikingly similar to King Jayavarman VII himself. He was the first Buddhist King of the Khmer Empire unlike his predecessors as well as successors who were all Hindus. Some believe that these faces are Bodhisattva’s and not of the King who built Bayon and Angkor Thom.